{"id":212,"date":"2021-09-19T00:09:16","date_gmt":"2021-09-19T00:09:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gjcae.org\/music\/?p=212"},"modified":"2021-09-19T00:09:16","modified_gmt":"2021-09-19T00:09:16","slug":"am7-lead-with-the-root","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gjcae.org\/music\/am7-lead-with-the-root\/","title":{"rendered":"Am7 &#8211; Lead with the Root"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Here is a guitar lesson video featuring the Am7 chord and an introduction to lead guitar playing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Using just 3 strings of the guitar. This makes it uber simple. You don&#8217;t have to worry about all six strings just 3. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"ast-oembed-container \" style=\"height: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Am In The Woods, 3 Strg, 3 Min\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/K5MH3deih2M?start=123&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This video was shot in the woods. A great place to play music.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The key here is to focus on the root. The root of the Am7 chord is the note A. Wherever there is a note A on the fretboard the note G is just behind it. 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